“Chippi Chippi”

Sheck Wes has always moved between worlds. Raised in Harlem and Milwaukee by Senegalese immigrants, signed to G.O.O.D. Music on the strength of a single about an old friend from New York turned NBA draft prospect, and immortalized by the popular teen designer Asspizza, the 19-year-old rapper is in constant contact with different scenes. On his new single “Chippi Chippi,” Sheck details how he copes with all this coming and going.

Far from chippy, the song is a glop of irritation and numbness; as Sheck Wes explained, it’s a song about leaving “a place in a state of anger, with intentions to get high.” Rapping in a murmur that’s part Chief Keef, part Tricky, he sounds weary but emboldened, flipping his restlessness into boasts (“You travel for vacay/I travel for business”) and hardships into bona fides (“Never used to eat/I was eating sleep for dinner”). Moments like these add gravitas without undermining the song’s loose feel, courtesy of producer Redda’s dark, ambling synths and steady hi-hats. His upcoming debut, Mudboy, will likely tease out Sheck’s various worlds more vividly, but even in its prickly haziness, “Chippi Chippi” summons the many realms Wes moves between, evoking the jetlag he feels from this perpetual motion.